"female-fail" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: female-fails [present, singular, third-person], female-failing [participle, present], female-failed [participle, past], female-failed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} female-fail (third-person singular simple present female-fails, present participle female-failing, simple past and past participle female-failed)
  1. (intransitive, informal, transgender) Of a trans man: to successfully pass as male; to make a successful female-to-male transition. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-female-fail-en-verb-glZgZImC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for female-fail meaning in English (1.7kB)

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